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terized by Naudin : the Samoan form is intermediate, as to the calyx, 

 &c., between the former and M. Taitense; to which both are probably 

 to be referred as mere varieties. 



3. Melastoma polyanthum, Blume ? 



Hab. Ovolau, Feejee Islands, near the coast. 



The specimen is insufficient for determination. The leaves are 

 strigose above, but softly appressed-pubescent underneath. The 

 calyx-teeth are narrow, acute, and as long as the tube. 



4. Melastoma fasctculare, Naudin? I. c. 



Hab. Luzon, Philippine Islands, near Manilla. (Specimen too 

 imperfect for satisfactory determination.) 



5. Melastoma adpressum, Wall. Cat. 



Melastoma longifolium, Naudin, in Ann. Sci. Nat. 1. c. p. 293, ex char. 



Hab. Singapore ; near the town. 



18. PLEROMA, Don. 



Pleroma, Don, in Mem. Wern. Soc. 4, p. 293; DC. Prodr. 3, p. 151, excl. spp. 



prior.; Benth. in Hook. Jour. Bot. 1, p. 171, & 2, p. 288 (1840); Gardner, in 



Hook. Lond. Jour. Bot. 2, p. 348 ; Lindl. 

 Lasiandra, DC. Prodr. 3, p. 127 ; Mart. & Zucc. Nov. Gen. & Spec. 3, p. 93 ; 



Naudin, in Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 3, 13, p. 127. 



It is a pity that Naudin, in his excellent elaboration of Melasto- 

 macece, should have employed the name of Lasiandra for this genus ; 

 since that of Pleroma has not only the absolute priority in publi- 

 cation, but was also adopted for the genus by Bentham (ten years 



